Na'Vi CEO goes back to school to explain recent drama
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It’s been a hectic couple of days for Na’Vi. Here’s a catchup: first ARS-ART leaves and is replaced by Funn1k from Team Empire. The very next day LighTofHeaveN, announces he is to go inactive, himself being replaced by none other than the captain of rival team Mousesports, KuroKy. There are questions are behind each of these decisions; why did Na’Vi decide to replace their squad members? Did disagreements or bad blood factor in on the decision? Why Funn1k and KuroKy? And what can we learn about Na’Vi’s future?
All are answered by Alexander Kokhanovsky, CEO of Na’Vi, in this unusual video. Check it out after the break.
It’s official: Sergey “ARS-ART" Revin has left the Na’Vi Dota 2 squad and has been replaced by Gleb “Funn1k" Lipatnikov from Team Empire. Meanwhile Dmitriy “LighTofHeaveN" Kupriyanov will take a some time off to be replaced by Kuro “KuroKy" Takhasomi from Mousesports. We knew of the changes a couple of days ago thanks to 
What a day for Dota 2 at Dreamhack. Every single best of three hasn’t gone beyond the second game. The teams at Dreamhack know how to capitalize perfectly on their first victory, sealing the deal in the second game. And while big names have been knocked out, the upstarts from No Tidehunter continue to blow our minds. 
On Sunday, The International came to a close with a final that almost felt like an anti-climax; after so much drama, and so much upset, in the previous two games, it would have to do something pretty spectacular to keep the curve of excitement on the upwards. Ultimately, it was just two very good teams playing very good games of Dota 2. 
I couldn’t do it. I couldn’t stay up til 8am watching Dota. My mind was willing, but my body is weak and frail and far too pale to surrender sleep to the day. And so I’ve been relegated to watching replays, like some sort of plebeian. Regardless, this is it, the game that we’ve spent the last week looking forward to. The last year, really. Natus Vincere against Invictus Gaming.
You’ve got a little time left. Just a little, before the finals start to emerge, these thrashing, unruly beasts that could go either way, in matchups that no one could really have predicted, a week ago. The International is wide open, and last night the Semi-Finals pretty much rewrote everything I thought was going to happen in this tournament. 
Man. MAN. Two days of International goodness, and I’m reeling. I’m staggering around my room mumbling ‘Black Hole Black Hole RIKI WHY DID THEY PICK RIKI Black Hole Black Hole’ and pawing at my screen in the hope it’ll produce more delicious competitive Dota goodness. There have been so many games. There have been so many upsets. And there’s still more. Thank goodness for that. 
mortal Teamwork have come away from this weekend’s Dreamhack with the Dota 2 Vengeance trophy after a three game marathon against Natus Vincere. Losing the first match, they managed to pull it back in the second to go on to win the third in an upset that’s unseated Na’Vi as the premier Dota 2 team in the world. This now sets the stage for them to meet again in the International this August, with a score to settle.
